Vanity-box



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VANITY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8,1919. RENEWED APR.5,1921.

1,381,036. PatentedJune 7, 1921.

W/ T/I/ESSES l @Pf/CW A TTORIVEVS UNITED ASTATES ANTOINE VERICEL, OF

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N EW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO VERICEL, INC., OF NEW YORK, N'. Y., ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.'

'VANITY-BOX.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 7, 1921.

Application led July 8, 1919, Serial No. 309,314. Renewed April 5, 1921.Serial No. 458,696.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTOINE VERICEL, a citizen of France, and a residentof the city of New York, boroufrh of Manhattan, in the county and Stateof lNew York, have invented a new and Improved Vanity-Box, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention, relates to new and useful improvements in toiletcases, and per- .tains more particularly to that type of toilet casesadapted to be carried in handbags, satchels, or the like, of the users,and commonly known as vanity cases.

The primary object of .the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter in which powder receptacles are employed, the puffs by whichthe powders are applied serving as the means for retaining the powdersin place within the respective receptacles,

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter with a mirror which is capable of movement to operativeposition, and, at the same time, which is capable of being retainedwithin the box when not in use.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a compartment forcontaining a lip stick. I

With the above and otherr objects in view, reference is had to theaccompanying drawin s in whichigure 1 is a front elevation of the devicein its closed position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; l

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 0f Fig. i; o

Fig. 4 is a view showing the device in its open or operative position.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the device comprises twohinged covers 10 and 11, said covers being pivotally connected togetheras at 12, by means of a pintle or the like 13. Each of these covers 10and 11 is substantially circular in form, and adjacent the peripheralledge thereof, each cover is provided with means serving to hinge saidcovers together.

As seen in Fig. 3, each of the covers 10 and 11 is substantiallyconcavo-convex and is constricted as designated by thel referencecharacter 15, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described. Thecover 10 is provided on one edge with a resilient clasp 16,

and said clasp 16 v:is adapted to engage the curved edge 17 of the cover11 for securingI the hinged covers together-when not in use.

The reference characters 18 and 19 designate powder puifs and said puffsare of a dimension slightly in excess of the transverse dlmension oftheir respective cover receptacles 10 and 11. By this construction, itwill be'apparent that when the powder puds 18 and 19 are placed in theirrespective regether with its mirror 21, are adapted to be adjusted toany desired position when the device is open, as shown in Fig. 4. vWhen,however, the device is closed as shown in Fig. 3, the mirror 21 occupiesa space between the covers 10 and 11 and the powder puffs 18 and 19.

The operation of the device is as follows:

When it vis desired to use the device, it is opened to the positionshown in Fig. 4, in which position both the covers 10 and 11 will lie inthe palm of the hand of the user. IThe mirror is now adjusted to thedesired position which operation leaves both of the powder pu's 18 and19 readily accessible. As either of the powder puffs is removed from itsrespective receptacle, it will be seen that owing to the fact that bothreceptacles are in a horizontal plane, the powder will not be displacedtherefrom, thus preventing the povfgder being spilled upon removal ofthe pu The reference character 25 designates a lip stick which isadapted to be received within the receptacle 13 and 14 when the deviceis closed, said lip stick being readily removable when the device isopen as shown in Fig. 4.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the present invention provides avanity case in which the operation may be carried `out without danger ofspilling the contents thereof, and, at the same time, the deviceprovides a mirror and suitable containers for the various articles, allof which are capable of use in such e manner that the possibility ofspilling the materials` carried by those recepteeles not in use iseliminated. Having thus described the invention, What 5 is claimed asnew is:

A device of the :harecter described comrising a pair of covers, @echV ofwhich is ormed with e substantially circular receptacle, Y and enelongated 'recepwcile exteriorly arranged with respect to the circular10 receptacle, means carried by seid elongated receptacle for hin y(securing said covers together, and a. mirorhingedly secured betweenseid covers?" mfromn vement.

